Creating shortcuts and command line parameters

These examples assume that you installed Repeat Signage in the default
folder of "C:\Program Files\RepeatSignage". If you installed to
another location then you will need to alter the location of the
RepeatSignage.exe in the examples.

IMPORTANT NOTE - In the Standalone edition of Repeat Signage, you can only display
presentations the primary monitor even if you have more than 1 monitor attached
to your system. The command line parameters for displaying on a second
monitor will not work with the Standalone edition. Same goes if you try to
spread a presentation across 2 monitors.

Command line parameters

When starting Repeat Signage you can pass optional parameter to the program.
For example, to play a presentation from the command line:

To play the default presentation or play list from the settings screen (which can be set
to start with Windows), use the /autorun switch:

C:\Program Files\RepeatSignage\RepeatSignage.exe /autorun

If your run Repeat Signage and it crashes prior to opening the main
screen, you can run Repeat Signage in debug mode to identify where the error
occurred. Repeat Signage is dependent on several third party pieces of
software and rarely there is a crash on load. You can use the
following command line to start Repeat Signage in debug mode:

C:\Program Files\RepeatSignage\RepeatSignage.exe /debug

The debug mode will display a series of message boxes that tell you what
part of the program it has gotten to. You need to note the last
message prior to it crashing and contact support
with that information so that they can then identify and fix the program.

Displaying a Repeat Signage presentation to just an area of the screen

You can display a Repeat Signage
presentation or playlist to just part of the screen. For example, on a 1920x1080
screen, you could display 4 x 1080x540 pixel presentations to each quarter of the screen. This is done by specifying screen co-ordinates
with the command line:

There is currently no user-interface for doing this with in Repeat
Signage. A batch file could be created it you needed to do this (make
sure each line in the batch file has 'START ' before the command).
Please note is that each presentation is a completely separate, so to close
these down to need to right mouse click each presentation and select 'Exit'
from the menu.

Monitor numbers

Monitor 1 is always the primary screen, Monitor 2 is the second screen on a
dual monitor system, etc. Start Repeat Signage from the start menu and it
will display the screens on your system and their numbering. If you want
to play a presentation designed to play over multiple monitors, then you can use
"1,2", "1,2,34", etc, so to specify exactly which monitors a presentation will
play over.

Creating a shortcut to play a particular presentation

Create a Windows shortcut (right mouse click an empty space on the Windows
Desktop, then right mouse click and click on 'New' then 'Shortcut'). Then add the following to as your
target: